India’s Modi may prioritise labour reform if he wins polls, party says
Contents News/Article Date: 13th February 2024
Relating to which Act: All the 4 Labour Codes
Penalty under the Act: Revised Penalties under the New Labour Code:
Code on Wages
| Code On Wages | Before | After | ||
| Fine | Imprisonment | Fine | Imprisonment | |
| The Payment Of Wages Act, 1936 | Min: INR 1,500 Max: INR 7,500 |
– | Max: INR 20,000 | – |
| The Payment Of Wages Act, 1948 | Min: INR 500 | Upto 6 months | Max: INR 50,000 | – |
| The Payment Of Wages Act, 1965 | Min: INR 1,000 | Upto 6 months | Max: INR 20,000 | – |
| The Payment Of Wages Act, 1976 | Min: INR 10,000 Max: INR 20,000 |
1-3months | Max: INR 20,000 | – |
Code on Social Security, 2020
| Code On Social Security, 2020 | Before | After | ||
| Fine | Imprisonment | Fine | Imprisonment | |
| Employee’s Compensation Act, 1923 | Max: INR 5,000 | – | Max: INR 50,000 | – |
| Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 | Min: INR 4,000 Max: INR 10,000 |
1-3 years | Min: INR 50,000 Max: INR 1,00,000 |
1-3 years |
| The Employees’ provident Funds and Miscellaneous provisions Act, 1952 | Max: INR 4,000 | Upto 1 year | Min: INR 50,000 Max: INR 1,00,000 |
1-3 years |
| The Maternity Benefit Act ,1961 | Max: INR 5,000 | Upto 1 year | Max: INR 50,000 | Upto 6 months |
| The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 | Min: INR 10,000 Max: INR 20,000 |
3 months – 1 year | Max: INR 50,000 | Upto 1 year |
| The Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Cess Act, 1996 | – | – | Min: INR 50,000 Max: INR 1,00,000 |
1-3 year |
| The Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Act, 1959 | Min: INR 500 Max: INR 1,000 |
– | Max: INR 50,000 | – |
The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020
| The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 | Before | After | ||
| Fine | Imprisonment | Fine | Imprisonment | |
| The Factories Act, 1948 (Factories Act | Max: INR 1,00,000 | Upto 2 months | Min: INR 5,00,000 | Upto 2 years |
| The Mines Act, 1952 (Mines Act) | Max: INR 1,000 | Upto 3 months | Min: INR 5,00,000 | Upto 2 years |
| The Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Act, 1986 | Max: INR 500 | Upto 6 months | Min: INR 5,00,000 | Upto 2 years |
| The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 | Before | After | ||
| Fine | Imprisonment | Fine | Imprisonment | |
| The Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 (BOCW Act) | Max: INR 2,000 | Upto 3 months | Min: INR 2,00,000 Max: INR 3,00,000 |
– |
| The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 (CLRA) | Max: INR 1,000 | Upto 3 months | Min: INR 2,00,000 Max: INR 3,00,000 |
– |
| The Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979 (ISMW Act) | Max: INR 1,000 | Upto 1 year | Min: INR 2,00,000 Max: INR 3,00,000 |
– |
| Sales Promotion Employees (Condition of Service) Act, 1976 (Sales Promotion Act) | Max: INR 1,000 | – | Min: INR 50,000 Max: INR 1,00,000 |
– |
The Industrial Relations Code, 2020
| The Industrial Relations Code, 2020 | Before | After | ||
| Fine | Imprisonment | Fine | Imprisonment | |
| The Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946 | Max: INR 5,000 | – | Min: INR 50,000 Max: INR 2,00,000 |
– |
| The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 | Max: INR 100 | – | Min: INR 50,000 Max: INR 1,00,000 |
Upto 1 year |
| The Trade Union Act, 1926 | Max: INR 500 | – | Max: INR 1,00,000 | – |
Applicable to which State: All the States and Establishments to be covered by the Labour codes
Type: News report
Pertains to: All the establishments and employees and workers and vendors and contractors both in formal and informal sectors
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And in the current instance: NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi could make labour reforms, cleared by parliament in 2020, a priority if he wins the upcoming general elections as widely expected.
Opinion polls suggest the ruling party will easily win the next general election due by May, as an opposition alliance struggles to stay together.
The PM said last week he would take “big decisions” in any next term to end poverty and accelerate economic development, but did not give specifics.
He has said it is his “guarantee” that India will rise to the world’s third-largest economy from fifth if he wins the election.
Both houses of parliament approved new labour codes in 2020, but they have yet to be implemented following resistance from worker unions who oppose the easier hiring and firing provisions as well as restrictions on trade unions.
The government, however, says that bringing 29 disparate laws into four labour codes will ensure that all of the more than 500 million workers in India receive a minimum wage, while a big section will also get social security.
“Labour codes need to be notified. It’s necessary, we will do it,”
“Continuous reforms are required to become an economic power and assume global leadership.”
Subject: India’s PM may prioritize labour reform if he wins polls, party says
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India’s Modi may prioritise labour reform if he wins polls, party says
India’s Modi may prioritise labour reform if he wins polls, party says
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi could make labour reforms, cleared by parliament in 2020, a priority if he wins the upcoming general elections as widely expected, a spokesperson for his party said on Tuesday.
Opinion polls suggest Modi’s nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will easily win the next general election due by May, as an opposition alliance struggles to stay together.
Modi said last week he would take “big decisions” in any next term to end poverty and accelerate economic development, but did not give specifics.
He has said it is his “guarantee” that India will rise to the world’s third-largest economy from fifth if he wins the election.
Both houses of parliament approved new labour codes in 2020, but they have yet to be implemented following resistance from worker unions who oppose the easier hiring and firing provisions as well as restrictions on trade unions.
Modi’s government, however, says that bringing 29 disparate laws into four labour codes will ensure that all of the more than 500 million workers in India receive a minimum wage, while a big section will also get social security.
“Labour codes need to be notified. It’s necessary, we will do it,” BJP spokesperson Gopal Krishna Agarwal said, referring to an official notification announcing implementation.
“Continuous reforms are required to become an economic power and assume global leadership.”
But Harbhajan Singh, general secretary of trade union Hind Mazdoor Sabha, said it would protest any attempt to make India’s labour laws “pro-employer instead of pro-labour”.
“We realise that they are waiting for the elections to get over to implement these,” he said. “But we will hold nationwide protests in the coming days against the government’s anti-labour policies.”
He said that similar protests by farmers had forced the government two years ago to repeal three laws aimed at deregulating India’s agricultural markets.
Agarwal said bilateral trade deals with countries would be another focus if Modi gets a rare third straight term. India is already negotiating free trade agreements with countries including former colonial ruler Britain.
